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'Boys are like puppies,' says head Tom Bunbury. 'So long as they are fed and exercised then everything falls into place.'

17 Sep 2016

Saturday 17 September 2016

'Boys are like puppies,' says head Tom Bunbury. 'So long as they are fed and exercised then everything falls into place.' These perky chaps love their football - the 1st XI had an unbeaten tour to St Lucia, and the U8s trounced their own mothers 14-8 (we believe the pre-match drinks with the head proved fatal). Herpetology Club is a joy and its embroidered reptile tie (snake colours) holds kudos; the name of the school's American football team is the Papplewick Pythons. Staff are 'divine if a little eccentric', says one mother - she means in the best way. Three teachers drove to Mongolia last year to deliver a minibus to an orphanage. Boarding is flexi and there are Wild West-themed sleepovers to ease the little ones in. Leavers head to Eton, Winchester and Harrow.